Posted on 02/17/2021 2:13:42 PM PST by amorphous
I found my propane generator a bit balky in starting if it was less than 5 degrees. I found if I put a propane camp type heater pointed at the regulator and carb area that it would start consistantly after it warmed it up after just a few minutes.
That’s what we need. Sucks having to fill up ours every 8 hours. Plus tweaking the freq setting on the governor when it’s off. What size tank do you have?
If you have a power outage that is projected to last more than a day, your freezer contents will start to go bad. So if there is a lot of snow on the ground and freezing temps outside, bury your most expensive or hard-to-replace freezer contents in sealed containers in a snow bank, and set up some kind of barriers around the pile to keep critters off (we have deer, bird and fox marauders). I saved half a dozen crab cakes and some steaks that way last time.
Good tip!
Sitting here laid out by the woodstove on with one of the calicos.
In the teens with over a foot of snow outside.
Natural The Lord given heat.
Thank you Lord. Praises.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TxGl7IO2Ds
They really do!
The generator has been a god-send. My husband has a list of things to stock up on when the supplies become more available. (really heavy duty electrical cords, more gas cans etc.)
My list...small propane bottles (lots!) for the camp grill we’ve been running. Insane supplies of batteries....etc.
I live in the NE. I have a propane stove and dryer and a huge tank in the backyard for that and oil heat and a 275 gallon tank for that. Electricity runs those things so all I need i gasoline. My boys wired a box outside to take the 220 volt outlet from the generator so I just have one fat wire feeding directly into the house (once I shut off the mains to the untility). Gasoline......I keep enough for days and hope the power isn’t out for more than 2 or three days. Last major hurricane we had we were out for 10 days and there were lines at the gas stations. So
There is that.
Good luck.
We used our camping Coleman grill. Our camp stove is at another location, but the little grill worked for heating stuff. We also had the outdoor grill. And our generator.
I never throw out a cooler.
When it is broken, like the lid came off one, I still saved it and use it for utility stuff like that.
Primarily I use it for defrosting my freezer. When we get temperatures forecast to be in the single digits, I get out all my coolers, fill them with the contents of the freezer, and park them outside somewhere safe. I actually put some in my car and locked it up for the critter factor.
Then I can take my time to defrost and clean the freezer well.
Nice thing is, I can organize it when I load it back up.
Sam’s and likely BJs tend to have the little propane bottles pretty cheap.
Cedar shavings/sawdust are a more pleasant way to keep a bucket dump.
Texas Warming Centers:
https://tdem.texas.gov/warm/?fbclid=IwAR0uiElGPji7mhDoePv8HNwN3uO-L0N-bBb15EmkdJSsytbqSYlfciW6KT8
No candles around pets.
Most homes in Texas have either NO fireplace or a decorative one. Even if it works, it isn’t very effective because our homes are designed to keep cool in long summers, not keep warm in rare freezing weather.
Yes, I think we bought a case at Sam’s several years ago. Over the years we used them here and there and had about 5 left. But it’s time to replenish.
While the generator was on, I actually plugged my crockpot into it and we didn’t feel that it dragged the power down too much. So it conserved the little bottles of propane and cooked with the generator.
Our power is back on, PTL.
I’m glad you made out so well.
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